Department of Trade and Industry/ Bureau of Import Services (DTI/BIS)

Conducts preliminary determination to ascertain whether or not provisional measure may be imposed in the case of industrial goods.

Department of Agriculture (DA)

Conducts preliminary determination to ascertain whether or not provisional measure may be imposed in case of agricultural products.

Tariff Commission (Commission)

Conducts formal investigation and submits recommendation to DTI or DA Secretary on the form of definitive safeguard measure to be imposed.

Monitors the domestic industry’s progress and its efforts to make a positive adjustment to import competition.

Conducts investigation on any legitimate request for the extension and re-application of safeguard measures; the reduction, modification and/or termination of safeguard action.

After the termination of safeguard measure, evaluates the effectiveness of the actions taken by the domestic industry to facilitate its positive adjustment to import competition.

DTI or DA Secretary

Decides on the form of definitive safeguard measure to impose and issues a Department Order for implementation by concerned agencies.

Department of Agriculture (DA)

In the case of sensitive, tariffied agricultural products (marked “SSG” in Schedule LXXV-Philippines), conducts verification whether:

• volume of imports exceeds a base trigger level, or
• c.i.f. import price falls below a trigger price level.

Issues Department Order requesting the Bureau of Customs, through the Secretary of Finance, to impose an additional special safeguard duty on subject product equivalent to not more than 1/3 of its existing rate of duty.